Demons
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Demon is the collective name for all entities and creatures living in Hell. There are a host of different forms of demons, ranging from weak and animalistic in their intelligence to incredibly strong and powerful. All demons are selfish beings who value their own existence above all else and continuously seek power and dominion over those they deem to be weaker.
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[edit] Great Evils
[edit] Prime Evils
- For main article, see Prime Evils
The three Prime Evils are the three strongest known demon brothers and self-proclaimed rulers of Hell: Baal, Lord of Destruction, Mephisto, Lord of Hatred, and Diablo, Lord of Terror. Together they have led the collective forces of Hell against Heaven since the beginning of time up until recently when they were banished by the remaining Great Evils to Sanctuary. Since then, Azmodan and Belial have vied for control over Hell.
[edit] Lesser Evils
Despite the name, the Lesser Evils are far from weak; their only contestants for power are the three Prime Evils. There are four Lesser Evils, and together with the Three, they make up the seven Evils known as the Great Evils.
These four overthrew the Brothers and banished them to Sanctuary, where they were subsequently hunted down and imprisoned with in the Soulstones. Since then however, Andariel and Duriel both joined forces with the three Prime Evils, and it is unclear why Belial and Azmodan did not.
[edit] Additional Evils
There is currently thought only to be seven Great Evils, but there has been some questioning as to whether there are more, still unheard of.
One likely contender to be heightened to the status of Evil is Lilith. While no one knows if all demons are spawned in the same way, we know some are capable of giving birth. Lilith is said to be Andariels mother, and seeing as she is the mother of the Nephalem, the first generation of humans, we know she is one of the demons who can have children.
Lilith is also the daughter of Mephisto, and if that is enough to be considered a Lesser Evil, then Lucion, her brother, would also be included. This is as of now all speculation.
[edit] Regular Demons
There are no other named ranks in Hell. All other demons serve the aforementioned Great Evils directly or indirectly through another more powerful demon. We do know of several demons who are factors of power in their own right.
- Assur, leader of a demon army in the short story Demonsbane. Favoured of Diablo, he is near impervious to damage.
- Astrogha, a spiderlike demon serving Diablo. He has a major role in both The Sin War and Moon of the Spider.
- Gulag, a shifting servant of Baal. Appearing of equal status to Atrogha, he was eventually defeated by Uldyssian.
- Hephasto, a master smith of Hell who works at the Hellforge. As the Hellforge is the only place where the Soulstones could be destroyed, it is very likely that Hephasto had a high rank within Hell.
- The High Council, former high priests in the Zakarum church whom were corrupted by Mephisto while he was trapped in Kurast. Until their death they still commanded the collected forces of the Zakarum religion.
- Kabraxis, the main villain in The Black Road. Kabraxis is mentioned to have become so powerful he was a threat to the Three.
- Shenk the Overseer, the commanding officer of the Baal's armies laying siege to Mount Arreat during the events of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.
- Xazax, a powerful demon in the novel Legacy of Blood. He transforms a mortal army into demons, and is personally dealt with by Diablo at the end, which would suggest some form of power if the Lord of Terror bothers to deal with him in person.
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